The Taoiseach opened a brand new €150 million Google data centre in West Dublin today.

A whopping 6,000 people are now employed by the tech giant in the capital, a 20% increase in the past year.

The company also has 250 jobs available across their Dublin, Middle Eastern and African headquarters.

This is the company's second data centre at Profile Park near Grange Castle.

The high-security warehouse will run many Google products such as the search engine, Maps and Gmail.

Speaking at the opening, Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O'Connor said: "This new Data Centre further enhances Google's presence in Ireland and is a vindication of the competitive advantage we can offer high technology companies.

"The extensive Google operation in Ireland has grown very significantly in recent years and we look forward to our very successful relationship continuing to develop in the years ahead."